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By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam A question that I’ve been repeatedly asked is why I chose Heggadadevanakote (H.D. Kote) taluk to begin my social development work in 1987. Very few know that I did not choose H.D. Kote, but that it was chosen for me by two extraordinary bureaucrats. One was Nanjunda Rao, a retired special Deputy Commissioner (DC) and the other was V. P. Baligar, the then DC of Mysuru.  They had heard about me and my intentions and met me in the Government Medical College where I was still a student. Baligar took me in his official car to H.D. Kote and we walked to several tribal c...

The RTI Act has been systematically assaulted by successive governments to blunt its efficacy Updated: Updated: January 30, 2021 20:58 IST Governments have chipped away at the RTI Act, making their actions less and less accountable and transparent to the people Share Article AAA A picture shot in 2009, of survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy waiting outside the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi with RTI applications.   | Photo Credit: V. Sudershan Governments have chipped away at the RTI Act, making their actions less and less accountable and transparent to the people For 24 years, un...

 2 The dominance of bureaucrats in the information commission can lead you to conflict of interest situations as, when they become information commissioners, they hail from the same background and share the same mindset as that of the public authorities that come under the RTI Act and so would like to protect them and are likely not to disseminate information, said Indira Jaising, senior advocate of the Supreme Court.    She also said the lethargy in the appointment of information commissioners has much to do with the lack of political will.     Comparing it to the appointments o...